Sherman Farms Grullo Quarter Horses providing home remedies for horse fly sprays, coat conditioners, and money saving tips.
Tis the season!
Homemade Fly Recipies
1. Mix one part citronella to four parts water. Put in spary bottle shake before spraying.
These two will only work if your horse will co-operate.
2. You can try adding up to 1/4 cup of applecider vinegar to your horses feed per day. Or can be added to their water.
3. You can feed your horse garlic powder or ground garlic, when it is excreted through the skin helps to keep flys at bay.
4. Mix 1 oz of citronella, to 7 oz water, 7oz of applecider vinegar. Shake well while spraying.
5. Take a 20 ounce spray bottle and fill with 8 oz of water, 8 oz of applecider vinegar, and 3 oz of ( Avon) Skin so Soft. Shake well and spray on.
6. Mix 1/3 applecider vinegar, 1/3 listerine mouth wash, 1/3 vegetable oil
( or Citronella ) Shake can be sprayed or rubbed on generously.
Tips For The Coat.
1. To put a sheen on a dark coat, after bathing add a capful of mineral oil or baby oil to your rinse water.
2. To add a glow to a grey horse, after bathing add a capful of
blueing solution to 3 gallons of rinse water.
3. To condition coat and help hairs to lie down try adding a few drops of Pine-sol disinfectant to your rinse water. Bigeloil, Vetrolin linement, or mineral oil, helps to remove sweat.
4. To condition coat from sun damage. First bath the horse then, mix equal parts vinegar, and olive oil to spong all over coat. Leave on for 3 days before bathing horse to remove it.
5. For dry itchy flacky skin, try spraying the area with a mixture of 12oz of water mixed with 2oz of disinfectant mouth wash, 3 oz of baby oil and a few drops of iodine tinture.
A small list of Poisonous plants, shrubs and trees.
Bracken, buttercup, flax, foxglove, hemlock, horsetail, lupin, meadow saffron, nightshade, purple milk vetch, St.Johns wort, ragwort, yellow star thistle. Oleander, laurel, box, privet, rhododendron. Magnolia, yew, buckthorn, laburnum, acorns, black walnut, black locust, japanese maple, and wild cherry leaves.
All of these can be lethal in varying amounts and stages of maturity.
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